What Was a Wave Offering?
Under the Old Covenant, God taught His people to offer Him the firstfruits of each harvest in the Promised Land.This included, as we saw previously , the two primary grain crops: barley and wheat. Because the Creator showered upon His people an abundance of all things, it was only fitting to offer an expression of gratitude to Him! As we also saw previously , God’s people offered the firstfruits of barley as a wave sheaf when beginning the count to Pentecost. Fifty days later, on the Day of Pentecost itself, they offered the firstfruits of wheat as wave loaves. In that same post, we examined God’s ordained process of preparing the wave sheaf. All this begs a follow-up question: What, exactly, was a wave offering? A wave offering both began and ended the count to Pentecost. The Bible mentions several other wave offerings, too. So what were these “wave offerings,” how were they offered, and what was their purpose? Types of Wave Offerings In Leviticus 23, where we discover the wave ...